like theyre trying remove older ones with low firmware sitting on stores shelves out of circulation

Wow they are desperate to remove low original launch Switch units off the market. Mainly because I have every Switch Game that's out now For Free. If you have the right Nintendo Switch and can watch a 5 minute YouTube tutorial on how to download a few files.

Also Nintendo is subsidizing GameStop because they are giving $225 for traded in old Switch consoles which is pretty high.

So the 1.0.0 - 3.0.0 Switch consoles are the ones in demand?
How much are these on the market right now?

firmware doesn't matter, its the older switchs that are is unpatched, they started patching switchs sold after July 2018. You can check if switch is unpatch via serial numbers.

I recently bought a used unpatched switch locally (just asked for serial to verify so its safe to buy), the software was update to date 8.1.0, but no worries since I was still able to install cfw because is the RCM exploit is a hardware flaw.

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